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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 07:56 PM
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Quick question there is a guy that wants to trade a motor out of a 2000 vette with computer for an old school 350 four bolt straight across and i have a feeling its hot but im not sure. Is there a way to find out because i don't wanna make the trade and the engine is smokin and the cops come after me??? Please help with any tips or info thanks
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 08:01 PM
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If it sounds to good to be true it probably is.
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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The only theft is you stealing it from him with a trade like that!
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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see thats what im sayin i mean i have some work to the 350 but not enough to make an even trade and thats why i think he is tryin to dump it because its hot and i want the engine but i want to know if theres a number on it to determine if its hot
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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The computer will have a VIN # in it for the vehicle it came out of.
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Old Nov 23, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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so all i got to do is get the vin # of the computer and run and see
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It's not going to be like a label on the computer. You will need some type of scanner that will read the vin and a way to hook up the scanner to the computer if you do not have the entire wiring harness including the ALDL connector.
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Maybe its a flood car with rods that look like bananas and a fried ECU, have you SEEN IT RUN? You very well might be the one being taken for a ride.
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Maybe its a flood car with rods that look like bananas and a fried ECU, have you SEEN IT RUN? You very well might be the one being taken for a ride.
that's what I was thinking also
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If you haven't see/heard it run it could very well have some nasty internal problems.
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From what I know LS motors have no ID numbers. Just casting.
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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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come monday after work im gonna be checkin out the motor. he says its up on a stand so i'll prob roll it and take the pan off and see if theres any rod or mains spun on it but the story goes that the vette that it came outta was t-boned and he only had liability on it and was gonna repair it but hasn't had time or money so he sold the shell and kept the motor and comp but i'll see monday if its good how hard would it be to swap out motors
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whats his number and where is he located? I'll give him two 350 4-bolts for that.
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